
The title page layout is intended to be used for the first slide in a presentation, or the second slide when a front cover slide is present. Content layouts suggest general layout possibilities for slides that communicate the key messages of a presentation, while special layouts are used to create purpose-built, generally static, structural slides that are the focus of presentation automation. If you have multiple templates, you must instruct Macabacus which one to use by setting it as the "default" template.Ī Macabacus-enabled presentation template is comprised of up to eight "special" layouts that work with certain presentation automation tools, and a handful of traditional "content" layouts-by default, any layout not explicitly designated as special. Or, you might need one template designed for print and another designed for screen. For example, larger organizations might require a different template for each business unit. You probably will not require more than a single presentation template, but Macabacus can work with as many as you like. Accordingly, our larger customers tend to assign responsibility for presentation templates to their presentation technologies, training, or IT professionals. If you already have a presentation template that you want to use with Macabacus, you must enable it to work with Macabacus' presentation automation tools using the instructions below, or we can perform this customization for you for an additional fee.Ĭreating and modifying presentation templates requires proficiency working in Slide Master view.

The sample template is good a starting point if you are building a presentation template from scratch. Macabacus installs with a sample template used to demonstrate the functionality of these presentation automation tools and proper configuration of a Macabacus-enabled template.

potx file-specially configured to work with these tools. Macabacus-Enabled TemplatesĪt the center of Macabacus' presentation automation functionality is your presentation template-a standard.


These tools are discussed in detail elsewhere in this documentation. Use this "presentation automation" functionality to dynamically synchronize agendas (e.g., tables of contents) with sections in a presentation, mark multiple slides at once with a customizable stamp (e.g., "CONFIDENTIAL"), create new presentations pre-populated with slides you know you will need, and more. Macabacus for PowerPoint includes several powerful tools that automate and simplify the process of creating professional, high quality presentations that conform to your organization's design standard or branding guidelines.
